Pin your screen

Use screen pinning to keep the current screen or app in view until you unpin it. For example, you can pin a game and your child cannot navigate anywhere else on your phone.

You can set up a pattern, PIN, or password required to unpin the screen.

Turn on screen pinning

  1. Go to Settings > Security > Screen pinning.
  2. Turn screen pinning on.
  3. Ask for PIN before unpinning is turned on for your security. If you do not want to require a PIN to access your other phone screens, turn this option off.

Pin a screen

  1. Make sure you've turned on screen pinning in Settings.
  2. Open an app and go to the screen you want to pin.
  3. Touch .
  4. Swipe your list of apps up to see
  5. Touch .
  6. To lock the pin and require a pattern, PIN, or password to unlock it, check the box.
  7. Touch START.

Unpin a screen

  1. Touch & hold and at the same time.
  2. If you required a pattern, PIN, or password when you pinned the screen, enter it to unlock the phone.